Double faced necktie or four-in-hand



July 6, 1937. M. LUCAS 2,085,914

DOUBLE FACED NECKTIE OR FOUR-IN-HAND Filed March 2. 1936 MANUEL L UCA 5 INVENTOR.

A TTORNEY Patented July 6, 1937 ulSuTi-:ol STATES PATENToF-FICE DOUBLE FACED NECKTIE 0R FOUR-IN-HAND i Manuel Lucas, New York, N. Y. A Application March 2, 1936, Serial No. '86,725

4 Claims. (Cl. 2+146) This invention relates to improvements in neck- A bias cut lining i4 .made of buckram, linen or ties, and has particular reference to double faced other suitable material is shown in Figure i1 as ties which are intended to be worn withv either connected at both side edges-thereof by stitching face and either extremity thereof exposed to view. I5 and I 5 to the face members` l1 and I l, as is An object of this invention is to make the knot best shown in Figure'4. The -lining is made of 5 making portion of a lined double face tie thinner material which is adapted to withstand the pullat thev side edges by reducing the width of the ing strain to which it issubjected after having lining to less than the width of the face members lyielded lengthwise with thebody material to a of the tie at said portion. sma1l extent,-and so that when the pulling 'strain Another object of this inventionis to have the is relieved, the fabric covering and the lining 10 lining at the knot making portion loose or unmaterial will resume their original shape. The connected with the face members so that the face member. I8 is shown in Figure 2 as having stitched side edges thereat will not be as thick thereon a diagonal seam I9, near `the middle of as the rest of the side edges having the lining its length, as is vusualin i'our-in-hands.

' stitched therein and so as to permit easy slip- The. two face members of the tie are taken l5 page of the tie when making a knot and also from diil'erently or dissimilarly ornamented layto prevent the knot from being too bulky. ers of material. These face members although Another object of this invention is to place said substantially oi' the same size and shape.,are comunconnected lining portion in offset relation with plementary rather than identical. The tie l0 0 the longitudinal mid portion of the tie. is formed by placing a lining of the same size and 20 With the above and other objects in view, the shape as the covering members upon two cominvention will be hereinafter more particularly plementary fabric covering sections" lying face described, and the combination and arrangement to face and sewing theiredges together. The of parts will be shown in the accompanying drawtie thus formed is then turned inside out in order ing and pointed out in the claims which form part to conceal4 the seams and expose the normally 25 of this specification. exposed'faces of the goods. y

Reference will now be had to the drawing, The two face members may .be used interwherein like numerals of reference designate corchangeably as the front and rear faces of the responding parts throughout the several views. tie. 'I'he two faces may provide two different in which: patterns or two different colors or'materials oi' 30 Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional view 'of a two different textures so as to produce the same necktie with one of the face members removed effect as could be obtained by the employmentof and showing the lining stitched to the other face two different ties, thereby eilecting economy and member along the side edges, except at a knot providing convenienceinthe use of four-in-hands.

making portion. As shown in Figures 1 and 3, the width of the 35 Figure 2 is a plan view of the necktie shown lining I4 has been reduced at the knot making in Figure 1, as it appears when completely asportion 20. The reduced lining portion, identisembled. fled by the numeral 2|, is of sumcient length to Figure 3 is a cross-sectional view, the section permit the formation of a knot'thereat and is being taken as on line 3 3 in Figure 2. entirely unconnected with the face members I1 4o Figure 4 is a cross-sectional view, the section and I8. The portion 20, best shown in Figure 3,

being taken as on line 4 4 in Figure 2. is of less thickness than the` rest of the necktie,

Figure 5 is a longitudinal sectional view of a as shown in Figure 4. modified necktie having two unstitched knot Figure 5 shows a modied necktie or four-inmaking portions in the lining of the necktie. hand 22 having two lining portions 23 and a24 of 45 In the illustrated embodiments of the invenless width than the overall widths 25 and 26 of tion, the several views show a necktie or four-inthe assembled necktie. 'I'hls modified necktie hand intended to be worn with either face mempermits either extremities 21 or 28 to be used as. ber exposed to view. The face members of the -a knot making end. 'Ihe modified necktie 22 of the tie l0 may be made of any suitable mateis made and assembled in the same way as the 50 rial, such as silk, and the material will preferably necktie l0. be cut on the bias so that the body of the tie Due to the resilience of the bias cut face memwill be more or less elastic in character. 'I'he bers and the bias cut lining, the neckties herebody of the tie may comprise a narrow neck porwith disclosed will withstand considerable rough tion Il and tapering or V-shaped ends I2 and I3. handling without losing their shape, 55

It is to be noted that the three .members making up the necktie are stitched together on the normally concealed sides of the face members and that when the necktie is turned inside out, the normally exposed faces come into view and the stitching at the side edges becomes concealed inside the necktie, the side edges showing a line of infoiding of the two face members but no stitching whatever is visible at the side edges.

It is to be noted that the necktie lining may comprise one or more layers, as is the case when thin covering material 'is used for summer wear.

I claim: e

l. A three-ply necktie or four-in-hand comprising a fabric covering of two dissimilarly ornamented face members and a lining stitched together along both side edges, said lining having an unstitched knot making portion of less width than the width of the covering members cf the tie at said portion, said narrow width lining portion being unconnected with said face members and being in offset relation with the longitudinal mid-portion of said tie, said fabric covering and said lining being of the same length and the stitching along the side edges being concealed inside the tie.

2. A three-ply necktie or four-in-hand having thereon a fabric covering made of two dissimilarly ornamented blanks of the same size and shape by means of two seams lengthwise thereof, a lining of the same size and shape as the covering members secured at both side edges thereof by said seams to said covering interiorly'of the latter, at least one portion on said lining in offset relation with the longitudinal mid-portion-of the necktie being reduced in width lengthwise thereof, whereat said tie may be readily formed into a knot without undue bulkiness, said fabric covering and said lining being of the same length and the stitching along the side edges being concealed inside the necktie.

3. A three-ply or four-in-hand necktie having thereon a fabric covering comprising two separate and dissimilarly ornamented members which may be interchangeably used as the front and rear of the necktie, a lining stitched to said fabric covering members along their side edges, said necktie terminating in V-shaped closed ends with the lining ends secured by stitching to said face members, at least one portion of said lining in offset relation from the longitudinal mid-portion of the necktie being loose and unconnected and in semi-floating relation intermediate said front and rear face members, said fabric covering and said lining being of the same length and the stitching along the side edges being concealed inside the necktie.

4. A necktie or four-in-hand having thereon a fabric covering comprising two separate and dissimilarly ornamented members of the same size and shape which may be interchangeably used as the front and rear of the necktie, lining means of the same size and shape as the covering members secured at both side edges thereof by seams to said covering interiorly of the latter, said necktie terminating in V-shaped closed ends with the ends of the lining means secured by stitching to said covering members, at least one portion on said lining means being reduced in width lengthwise thereof and free from attachment to said covering, whereby said tie may be readily formed into a knot without undue bulkiness,` said fabric covering and said lining means being of the same length and the stitching along the side edges being concealed inside the necktie while the stitching along the V-shaped ends is exposed.

MANUEL LUCAS. 

